Colonel in the reserve Shmuel Avivi, which with 2003 hearths of 2005 fulfilled the responsibilities of military attache in Switzerland, was delayed by the investigation division of military police on the suspicion of the trade in weapon during the service at the post of military attache.

Inspectors suspect the former military attache of the bribery, the swindle and the disturbance of confidence during the service in the consulate. Avivi, which was delayed, at present it find on the freedom, under the observation. The limitations are superimposed to it, in particular for the unlimited period is forbidden conducting any affairs of the company "Telon", which carries out trade in weapon and by chapter of which it appears, the newspaper. For the first time the suspicions with respect to Avivi arose in connection with the publication of report Amnesty International concerning the international trade in weapon. The reference of Israeli officer, which was being contained in the report, caused enormous surprise, since in the described period, when Avivi he was military attache, it consisted on the service in the army of the defense of Israel.

Then because of the refusal of army and Defense Ministry to begin consequence against Avivi, newspaper began its own journalistic investigation, as a result of which were revealed the evidence of the fact that Avivi it established very close connections with the Swiss merchants of weapon soon after its appointment to a post of the military attache in the summer of 2003.

During April 2004 of two Swiss opened and officially registered in Israel to their name company "Telon", which was being occupied by trade in the weapon of Serbian production. The clients of company "Telon" were the certain mediators, who worked on the American army in Iraq. This was done during the visit Avivi to Israel.

Avivi it regularly invited owners "Telon" to the official methods of Israeli embassy in Bern, but no one it notified about its connections with the owners of company, which trades in weapon. The sources of newspaper, familiar with the work Avivi in Switzerland closely assert that it allowed for itself prolonged absences from the consulate, spending time with its Swiss friends. It also prolonged time was absent from the consulate because of the prolonged trips to Europe. The same sources assert that to the connections with the merchants of weapon was participating also the Israeli military attache in other country.

Immediately after the end of work as the military attache, Avivi it was declared by the Director-General of company "Telon", which it was at that moment, when "Maariv" less half a year it back published the results of its journalistic investigation.

The official investigation, within the framework of which was produced the search in the office of company "telon", and also secret checking, not were mixed to trade in weapon other Israeli high rank officers, it only strengthened the suspicions in the address Avivi.

During March is fulfilled by yr from the moment of the output  Avivi into the resignation and according to the law from this point on, to it no longer threatens the military tribunal for the crimes during the army service. If the military prosecutor's office decides to produce charge, it must make this already in the next weeks, writes the newspaper .